The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-05
To the People Of Garrett county.

ASAhk oNNioOA tuut nave Oo6n
accused Of being instrumental in the
drawing of the Juries for the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, and also
being informed that the gentlemen
advocating the election of my oppo.
nent, Mr.. Edmund Jamison, are en-.
deavoring to impress the people and
voters of the county with the errone-
GUS idea that 1t is within my power
to say who shall and who shall not
be drawn as Jurors. After consider.
ing what might possibly be the re.
suit of these charges. I have taken
this method of informing the people
how the Juries are drawn, and bv
whom the one hundred and fifty
names from which the Juries are
drawn are selected:
Sections First, Second and Third OF
the 62d Article of the Revised Code
of Msryland. which contain the laws
regulating the selection, drawing and
summoning of jurors in the several
counties of the State of Maryland,
read as follows: a5
l. 1t shall be the duty of the Clerk
of the County Commissioners for each
of the counties of this State. to make
out and file with the Clerks of tne
Circuit Courts for said counties, not
less than twenty days before the be-
ginning of the second regular term OF
said Courts after each and every gen.
eral election held thereafter, a fair
and complete list of the white male
taxable Inhabitants or residents oil
said county, whose names appear on
the textbooks of said county. and
who are not known to said clerk to
be under the age of twenty-five years,
and to which said lists 80 to be made
and filed, the said clerks respectively
shall append certificate, that said
list is fully and fairly made and fol
making such list the said clerk shall
receive such compensation as the
County Commissioners shall deem
right and proper; and for failure to
perform the duty hereby imposed
the said clerk to said commissioners
shall forfeit and pay a fine to the
State of not less than Ave hundred
dollars, nor more than one thousand
dollars, in the discretion Of the court
to be recovered by indictment as fol
a misdemeanor, and he shall be
thenceforth wholly incapable of hold
ing or exercising the duties OF the
said clerk to the county commission.
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2. 1t shall be the duty of the judges
of the Circuit Courts for each of the
counties, not less than fifteen days
before the commencement of each
term of the court at which jurors are
required to attend, In presence OF
such practicing members of the bar
of said court as shall think proper tl
attend, notice of the time and place
having been first given to said bar
through the criers of said courts. to
proceed to select from the lists last
furnished by the clerks of the County
Commissioners. provided for in the
preceding section, and from the poll.
books of the several election districts
of said counties, that shall be return.
ed and filed in the clerks office oil
said courts after any general election
that may be last held previously to
such selection, panel to consist oil
the names of one hundred and fifty
persons in the county of Garrett, to
be fairly and impartially selected OF
the age aforesaid, by the said judges,
with special reference to the intelli-
gence. sobriety and integrity of such
persons, and without the least refer.
ence to their political opinion; and
OF the names of such persons, when
so selected, a list shall be made, and
certificate thereto appended by the
said judges, that the said list OF names
has been duly selected in conformity
with and according to the spirit and
intent of this act, and which said
lists and certificates shall be filed
with the clerks of the said co mites,
and by them preserved as other pro-
ceedings of the said courts are kept.
8. When said list of names, selec.
ted as directed in the preceding sec.
ton, is made and certified as therein
provided for, Immediately thereupon
the said Judges of the said respective
courts, in the presence of the mem.
bers of the bar, as aforesaid, and such
other persons as may think proper to
be present, shall cause all the names
selected and placed on the list 40
aforesaid. to be legibly written upon
ballots, which shall be OF equal size,
and Of the same color and appearance,
and shall be closely rolled or folded
and placed by the said judges, with
their own hands. Immediately before
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